Sponsorship programmes?

[Mister-Sheep]

Hi
Yeah there are plenty doing semi-sponsorship schemes. Look at www.flighttrainingeurope.com and you will find they have the thomsonfly one on at the moment. They regularly have some kind of sponsorship going. However, the largest' sponsorship' these days is www.ctcaviation.com. There are plently of other schemes going such as highland airways at the moment + the GAPAN scholarship next year (almost impossible to get though). Keep a close eye out on here and you will find all the schemes going. However, with the exception of the GAPAN scholarship they all require you to pay vast amounts of money (upwards of £60,000) Gone are the days of BA full sponsorship. However, if you study the industry carefully you will soon realise how precious getting any of these schemes actually is.

cheers

Mister-Sheep

[Lucifer]

Nobody does anything resembling a scholarship (unless you are a Far Eastern/Gulf national in some cases). Current "mentored", or CTC, are the best and closest you will get.

[tailwheel76]

Sponsorships available?

Does anyone have any info on sponsorships, either part or full, for professional training, ie Groundschool & CPL/ME/IR, that is not airline related such as CTC, Tfly, Easyjet etc?

I already know of GAPAN and the Air League.

Has anyone had any experience of the sponsorship and would be willing to let me know how it worked. Specifically selection, training arrangments, how many apply, contracts etc. Please PM me if you prefer.

The search didn't throw up anything obvious.

Thanks.

[scroggs]

Not airline related? Apart from the RAF, you've named them, I reckon.

Scroggs

[tailwheel76]

Thanks Cesco, but I'm trying to find schemes that do not have an airline link, how they are funded and organised.

[garywoodrow]

Successful Qualifications..

Hi, i was just wondering, don't mean to be nosy or anything, but i was hoping if you got a sponsership in the past few years, what qualifications they accepted you with.

Thanks

Gary

[JetSetJ]

Hi there,

Sponsorship schemes are a thing of the past. However a number of fto's are providing sponsorship type schemes. Probabily the closest thing to a sponsorship scheme is a course being offered at Oxford Aviation on behalf of Excel Airways. I would recommend taking a look at the OAT home page and clicking on the engine of the excel airways 767 on the home page

http://www.oxfordaviation.net/excel/index.htm

Flight training europe have offered a type of scheme but your best option is probabily the oat scheme!! I'd recommend taking at look at their website too:

www.flighttrainingeurope.com

Hope this helps

JetSetJ

[Xraider]

Advice for a newbie

Hi there,
I am thinking about starting a PPL course, whilst working, with the aim of eventually getting sponsorship from an airline. I am 21 with 2 and a half a-levels (Physics, Chemistry and sociology) at grade C's. I have a confirmed place at Uni studying physics. With the A-levels I have (and hopefully a PPL within the next 12 months) would i have a realsitic chance of gaining sponsorship from an airline? Or would it be better off go to uni, getting a degree and trying then (Bearing in mind I'll be nearly 26 if i did that).

Thanks in advance
Sam

[The Mixmaster]

I couldn't tell you about whether the airlines would prefer you to have a degree or not, all I'll say is having been to uni and currently applying for sponsorship schemes...you should defo go to uni. It's a wicked laugh, you'll meet all kinds of new people and you'll have a degree to fall back on if the industry has a downturn and you're out of a job. See if your university has an Air Squadron, seems like a good way to gain your PPL while you're studying.

Also surely you'll only be 24/25 when you finish if you're starting this september. I'm 23 and it hasn't been a disadvantage at all, if anything i'd say being in your mid twenties is an advantage.

[planeshipcar]

Help money

I'm literally pulling my hair out. I have to find the full amount to pay for my CPLMEIR. I have my PPL and have started my Bristol Ground School. Does anyone know of a school in the Uk or anywhere in the world offering a JAA course and also a full loan to cover this. I have already used a career development loan so this is out of the question.

pleased if anyone can help

[Lucifer]

You have to wait and save - if you are at the limits of your finance already, think what could happen if interest rates rise, or you are unemployed for a period of time and need to fund a type rating as well.

To borrow beyond your means is entirely irresponsible, regardless of your motivation towards the career.

[mikehammer]

The short answer is DO NOT under any circumstances pay for your flight training up front. If you do so you risk losing the lot if you FTO goes bust before you finish.

It happens - has happened to a lot of people on this site, me for one.

[ramshorn]

Possible solution for you

Hi

I know of a reputable Flight school who do Modular training, and are approved by the CAA, who are starting to help arrange preferential loans for their students with some arrangement with one of the major high street banks. You'll have to PM me for the details as i think this would probably be erased by the moderators for advertising.

[MarkColeman]

Sponsorship?

Sponsorship is a term i hear regularly here, can anyone tell me what exactly it entails as reguards aviation job hunting?

Thanks.

[Mo91]

Question

Hi
This maybe a stupid question but i'd appreciate it very much if someone could please respond appropriately. I would like to know why, back in the day, sponsorship schemes were rife (compared to the numbers available now). Was this because there was a shortage in pilots...even though that seems unlikely...
Anyways I'm very confudled and could do with help.
Thanks in advance.

[miikey]

Pros and Cons of Sponsorship

hey all,

A career as a pilot is my only career goal. I cant join the RAF because i dont have 20/20 vision and well as we all know getting that job in the left seat wont come cheap if i do it on my own.
So im now researching into these sponsorship deals,

A bit of a trivial question ; how does it work and will i have to pay back? Basically what are the Pros and Cons of going this way

[Lucifer]

Originally Posted by Mo91

This maybe a stupid question but i'd appreciate it very much if someone could please respond appropriately. I would like to know why, back in the day, sponsorship schemes were rife (compared to the numbers available now). Was this because there was a shortage in pilots...even though that seems unlikely...

There is never a stupid question. Back in those days, airlines were far less financially responsible (especially where they were once state-owned), combined with healthy profits, which meant that the cost base was never really studied.

The advance of lo-cos, and active shareholders who care a great deal about how their money is spent has eliminated all sponsorships, and trainees have shown a willingness to spend their own money instead.

Pity, but it forces everyone to make decisions with greater regard for the finances these days.

[capt.]

atlintic airlines

hi, i dont know if this will help anyone but atlantic airlines regularly do a full sponsorship, the requirements are that you have to be aged between 18 and 26 with a class 1 medical, driving license and ppl. check there website out

[Mark3618]

Sponsorships for 2007... ?

Hi,

Does anyone know if there will be any new sponsorship opportunities coming up in 2007?

Thanks!

Mark.

[jamestkirk]

Sponsorships

I certainly hope not. There a a few of us F ATPL'd up without jobs.

But nothing would surprise me. I am sure the academics at some airlines would say " know there are thousands of trained pilot out there but would'nt it be economic sense to spends thousands training un trained ones".

Sorry that doe not help you. But to redeem myself. I am aware that recently that flybe have done some ab-initio sponsorship selection. Someone else may be in a better position to give you the details